A blog chronicling the evolution and implementation of cannabis laws in the United States
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Two weeks ago, we reported on San Francisco’s decision to wipe out past marijuana convictions. Now Seattle is following suit.
Five years after Washington state legalized marijuana,…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: February 16, 2018
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Happily, this week was less tumultuous than last, but there’s still some news to digest.
Despite the news coming from the Justice Department last week, some states are moving to legalize weed use.
(Reuters) – Vermont’s senate on Wednesday passed a bill to legalize recreational marijuana use, which would make the state the first in the nation to do so through the legislative process rather than a ballot initiative.
The marijuana movement is charging ahead. To date eight states — California, Colorado, Nevada to name a few — have legalized weed for recreational use since 2012. And the trend continues. Continue Reading The Week in Weed: January 12, 2018
It’s only the second week of January, and it has already been a wild year in the cannabis industry. First, legal sales of recreational marijuana started in California, and then Jeff Sessions rescinded the Cole Memorandum. What next? Here are seven stories to follow in 2018.
Continue Reading And Now for the Rest of the Year
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
A U.S. alcohol maker’s $191 million investment in Canadian cannabis could raise difficult questions for the banks that have lent big…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: November 24, 2017
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
BudTrader.com, the world’s largest medical marijuana website, announced today that it has received its trademark from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office after a year…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: November 10, 2017
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Senior Canadian police officials tell MPs studying the government’s marijuana legalization legislation that police won’t be ready to enforce new laws by…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: September 15, 2017
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government will publish draft legislation on the legalisation of marijuana later this week.
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
West Virginia’s House voted Tuesday to legalize doctor-prescribed marijuana to treat certain medical conditions following Senate passage of a similar measure last week.
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert signed off on a bill to allow research into the health benefits and risks of medical marijuana.
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb 8 (Reuters) – The prospect of Senator Jeff Sessions as U.S. attorney general has cast uncertainty over the country’s nascent legalized marijuana industry, souring deals and disrupting share prices since the longtime critic of the drug was nominated.
